Area tax bills delayed in Southern Illinois this year
Tax bills for Jackson, Williamson, Franklin, Randolph, and surrounding counties face late mailings due to delayed multiplier figures, new computer systems, and coordination with school boards. Printing starts mid June with biweekly staff work, while bills may go out from July to August, with first payments due in August to September depending on county. Local officials caution further changes remain possible.
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Southern Illinois
Ilinois
Jackson County
Murphysboro Community Unit
Williamson County
Barney Boren
Midwestern Services Ltd
Harrisburg
Boren
Springfield
Perry
William Heisner
Hammack
Heisner
Franklin County
Robert Hiller
Danny Jones
Jones
Rae Penner Bra
Frank Maybell
Bernasek
Maybell
Union County
Fred Blaylock
SIU C plans year long trial extension program
SIU Carbondale will run a year long trial extension of upper level courses to test demand for a permanent off campus program. If enough students in towns like West Frankfort Mount Vernon enroll SIU C may seek IBHE approval for a continuing education degree pathway.
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Jean Ness
Southern Ilinoisan Southern
Illinois University-Carbondale
Robert Ratcliffe
Division of
West Frankfort
Mount Vernon
SIUC
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Siu-C
Ratcliffe
Southern Illinois
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Rend Lake College
Inn
Southeastern Illinois Community College
Harrisburg
Shawnee College
Bend Lake College
Administration of Justice
IBHE
Vacation safety tips from a police perspective
Police warn vacation home burglaries rise when families are away. Key advice includes notifying neighbors and police, holding mail, not closing blinds, securing doors and windows, using timed lights and radios, installing alarms, and hiding valuables. High grass signals absence. outdoor items also require locks. Leave pets on site with care.
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Tony Stevens
When Eli Short came to Illinois
A reminiscence on Eli Short, considered Percy’s first white settler, his burial site in Short family tombstones, and the town’s origin. The piece places Short in early Randolph County life, detailing migrations, land entries, and 19th century county life, with notes on namesakes for Percy and local census figures.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Percy
Randolph County
Jack Ashley
Ed Greer
Ashley
Short
Eli Short
Short’s Prairie
John T. Short
Percy Kampen
Kampenville
Eli
Tecumseh
Thames River
Tippicanoe
Ontario
Canada
James Johnson
Tippecanoe
Harrison
Tenskwatawa
the Thames
Beame
Springfield Township
Steele’s Mill
Steeleville
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Mississippi
Missouri
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Hiller
Board of Review
Randolph
Charles Bernasek
Blaylock
Herrin Tiger
Shriners
Belleville
Marion
Rend Lake
Benton
Stephanie
Byline
B.G
Pierre Menard
Chester
Denard Short
W. H. Threlkel
Shadrach Bond
Kaskaskia Township
Shadrach Lively
Shadrach Robinson
Monroe
Shorts
Don Oliver
Prairie) du Rocher
Michael Danie
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